Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures, Tables and Photographs
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction: Separating Myth from Reality
- Section One The Determinants of Tobacco Leaf Demand
- Section Two Tobacco-Farming Conditions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Section Three Economically Sustainable Alternatives to Tobacco
- Conclusion: Reframing the Debate on Tobacco Control and Tobacco Farming
- Annex: A Policy Brief on Tobacco Control and Tobacco Farming
- Contributors
Section One - The Determinants of Tobacco Leaf Demand
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures, Tables and Photographs
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction: Separating Myth from Reality
- Section One The Determinants of Tobacco Leaf Demand
- Section Two Tobacco-Farming Conditions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Section Three Economically Sustainable Alternatives to Tobacco
- Conclusion: Reframing the Debate on Tobacco Control and Tobacco Farming
- Annex: A Policy Brief on Tobacco Control and Tobacco Farming
- Contributors
Summary
Tobacco Industry Myth: Measures to control tobacco use will suppress global demand and drive down prices for tobacco leaf, thereby provoking a livelihood crisis among tobacco farmers.
Research Findings:
• Overall consumption of tobacco products will actually increase for the next several decades, driven by the growth in population and rising rates of tobacco use in low- and middle-income countries.
• Consequently, the global tobacco leaf market will remain substantial enough to sustain the current generation of tobacco farmers, most of whom sell a product that goes into global markets.
• Corporate strategies of a monopolistic industry (among other factors such as government subsidies and population growth) carry much more weight in driving demand for and production of tobacco globally and in particular national contexts.
• The real source of vulnerability of tobacco farmers to fluctuations in demand and falling farm-gate prices for tobacco leaf has to do with their weak bargaining position in the leaf marketing chain and is not due to tobacco-control measures.
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- Tobacco Control and Tobacco FarmingSeparating Myth from Reality, pp. 11 - 12Publisher: Anthem PressPrint publication year: 2014